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There were just 35,000 tonnes of green hydrogen produced.",{"type":598,"attrs":751,"content":752},{"textAlign":49},[753],{"type":754,"attrs":755},"image",{"id":49,"alt":756,"src":757,"title":49,"source":49,"copyright":49,"meta_data":758},"","https://a.storyblok.com/f/287943243085208/640b11b0b3/bm-hydrogen-demand-for-trucks-set-to-skyrocket.png",{},{"type":598,"attrs":760,"content":761},{"textAlign":49},[762],{"text":763,"type":603},"“Today, the hydrogen infrastructure is probably the biggest barrier to the adoption of fuel cell technology by the freight sector,” Pocard said. “To address the chicken and egg dilemma, we are starting out to work with fleet operators on return-to-base.”",{"type":598,"attrs":765,"content":766},{"textAlign":49},[767],{"text":768,"type":603},"Ballard envisions large fleet operators may find it more cost-effective to build private refuelling bases at their depots.",{"type":598,"attrs":770,"content":771},{"textAlign":49},[772],{"text":773,"type":603},"This is also the strategy Volvo is looking towards. It plans to test fuel cell trucks on the road in 2025. But it doesn’t think there will be sufficient refuelling infrastructure by that time.",{"type":598,"attrs":775,"content":776},{"textAlign":49},[777],{"text":778,"type":603},"“To overcome the lack of available hydrogen when running the pilots, the filling of green hydrogen from renewable sources will be done at the home-depot,” the company said.",{"type":598,"attrs":780,"content":781},{"textAlign":49},[782],{"text":783,"type":603},"After working on return-to-base setups, Pocard suggests looking at trucking routes. This is one focus of Daimler Truck.",{"type":598,"attrs":785,"content":786},{"textAlign":49},[787],{"text":788,"type":603},"Daimler fuel cell trucks use liquid hydrogen, which the company demonstrated a refuelling station prototype for earlier this year. It is also working with Shell, BP and TotalEnergies to develop hydrogen refuelling infrastructure along important transport routes in Europe.",{"type":598,"attrs":790,"content":791},{"textAlign":49},[792],{"text":793,"type":603},"“By just focusing on the freight corridors and having a couple of stations strategically located, you can enable [hydrogen trucking],” Pocard said.","Carbon emissions from heavy-duty vehicles need to fall 16% this decade to meet net-zero emission targets, according to the International Energy Agency. While battery trucks are likely to make up the bulk of the electrified truck fleet, the demands of longer-distance trucking can’t always be met by batteries and instead may use hydrogen fuel cells. 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